Blogs & Speeches
Big Ideas Podcast – Living out your mental illness in public paves the way to lasting change with Amanda Tattersall
Amanda Tattersall, co-founder of the campaigning organisation Get-Up, speaks powerfully about her experience of living with bipolar disorder and its role in driving social change.
Being who we are in public (with our mental illness) is the only way to create lasting change.
Amanda Tattersall, co-founder of the campaigning organisation Get-Up, speaks powerfully about her experience of living with bipolar disorder and its role in driving social change.
Hear how storytelling, sharing lived experiences, and forging solidarity through difference can make all the difference. Her keynote address: Making Change and Mental Illness — reimagining how we make a difference from the inside out was presented at the 2024 TheMHS Conference
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After the march, what now?: International lessons for the UK anti-cuts campaign – insights from power in coalition
What happens after the rally? This piece explores strategies for building power after mobilisation.
How do we ‘change everything’ as Naomi Klein suggests? Let’s start by getting ‘adversaries’ to listen to one another
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What Parkland’s experience tells us about the limits of a ‘security’ response to Christchurch
I interviewed leaders from the March for our Lives movement days before the Christchurch massacre. Here are some…